Tom Cotton Responds To Dick Cheney

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) stated on Sunday that former Vice President Dick Cheney’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris will not provide her with an advantage among swing state voters in the 2024 election.

CNN anchor Dana Bash began her interview with Cotton on “State of the Union” by noting that both Cheney and his daughter, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), had announced their support for Harris over President Donald Trump that week.

“We were talking before — in the break,” Bash said. “I covered the Bush-Cheney administration. I traveled a lot with Dick Cheney, one of the most conservative Republicans alive today. It’s really remarkable that he endorsed a Democrat. What does that tell you about Donald Trump?”

Cotton, a Trump ally, replied, “Well, it is a remarkable time in politics. You have Dick Cheney endorsing a Democrat and you have a Kennedy endorsing a Republican,” he added, alluding to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “I think what it tells us is that there’s a lot of ferment in American politics. But, in the end, endorsements are not going to make the difference in this race. What’s going to make the difference is their records. This is a very unusual presidential election,” Cotton said. “We have a former president running for office, first time in more than 100 years. People remember that, when Donald Trump was in office, prices were low, wages were high, we had peace and stability around the world.”

Cotton insisted that Dick Cheney endorsed Harris because Donald Trump beat his daughter by 39 points in the last midterm election.

“Well, I mean, some of this is probably that Donald Trump beat his daughter in her last election by 39 points,” Cotton said “I think most Americans are going to look at this race and compare the records they have. Again, it’s a very unusual race when you have a president who served in office, who brought good times to America, and you have Kamala Harris, a San Francisco liberal, who has brought to America exactly what you see in San Francisco as well.”